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here i am again....late on my blog! well.....life is just busy...and i love it! can't believe that another month is almost over! seems like it was just christmas....and now it's spring! my daffodils and jonquils are blooming....and everything is turning green! i just love gREen!!! especially liMe!!

okay....going to post some layouts! tfl!

another day!

wow....can't believe that i haved spent 50 years on this earth! and i can say that i am so happy to celebrate another year!
my family and friends are so dear to me and make my life so very special and i am so thankful for them!

i had the day off today.....added some stripes to my studio wall....finished up some projects for the lss.....and i'm looking forward to some hot pizza for supper tonight! yep....can't wait for pizza tonight!!!

well.....mr. butt is resting...hurt his knee again at work.....3 more years and he'll retire from that job.....and then find something a little more fun....with less wear on his joints!!

i love my life!!

new studio!!

wow....can you believe i'm posting twice in one week......can't explain it....just trying to keep up!

mr. butt is finally starting to work on moving my little studio from downstairs with all of god's little creatures into what used to be the dining room! okay....the dining room has been used all of 6 times in the 7 yrs we have been in our home....sooooo....what better room for me to play in! plus....it was his idea! ......so out with the furniture....ripped up the carpet.....and started painting!....yep.....gotta go with liMe greEn!!!! then to put down the hardwood floors....move the desk upstairs.....and go from there!

check out the new light......it's halogen...and really puts out some light!!! (can't figure out how to rotate the photo....you get the idea!!)

can't wait until it's all done!! what fun it is to rip stuff apart and then put it all back together!

i love my life!

piTIful!!!

yes.....that's me....the most pitiful blogger that ever started a blog!!!

just this weekend i was gently reminded of this by a friend i was reaquainted with after over 10 years! I met Barb over 10 years ago at SpareTime Stitchers....we both were avid cross stitchers....(still are to an extent).. at that time with 2 young boys and many commitments Barb had to stop coming to club! me....yep i still go.....haven't stitched in over 1 year....keep going and paying my dues though! anyway.....saw Barb at ForKeepsSake scrapbook store.....and well.....it was fabulous to get reaquainted!!......
sooooooo.....as Jack Nickelson said in one flew over the cuckoo's nest......I"M BAAACCCCKKKKK!!!!

yep......had a great holiday to panama, costa rica, and aruba! the cruise was just so relaxing....it's so fun to just lie in the sun and relax! so very many cruisers started out lying in the sun...and frying like a french fry....and keep going back for more~~~ how crazy is that~~~

will try to post photos......got a new computer and still haven't figured everything out!!!

had a roaring good time at the ForKeepsSake retreat this weekend!!! i didn't get much accomplished.....had a great time socializing though!!! i truly think i'm much better suited to just run around and chat....than create while at these events!!!
Timi, Nancy N, Nancy W and Aleeta ROCK!!! i can't say enough good things about Nancy W......she was probably wanting to swat me away......i just love to sit and learn....new things from such creative people! i loved her teaching me how to use watercolour pencils.....those are next on my shopping list! already bought those metallic daubers from ranger....loved the way nancy used those~~~!!!!

well....i'll try to post some photos.....

i love my life!!!
kathy

some more photos!!

Finally.....the redecorating is done!!!

i am like the worst blogger ever!!! it takes me forever to get things done anymore.. We finally finished the redecorating of the second story of the house.....i really love the way our master bedroom turned out....totally cool and refreshing!!! Rex came up with the idea of painting the stripe around the coffer while we were laying in bed on a saturday night.....and well......we had to get up then and start taping it off!! the ceramic tile floor in the master bath is so dramatic.....and damn cold in the morning!! just the thing to wake you up....(not so fond of that!)
i have been working on secret santa stuff for my CE girl....having some fun with that! also making little miss mcgee some things for her home for the holidays.. she just told me last night that she is going to new england on christmas day with mike....his brother lives there and wants to meet her! mike's employer shuts down for the week between christmas and new year's and since erin is a real school teacher now...she has that time off.....sooo they will fly out around 6pm on christmas day! this will be our first holiday without her here....it sure seems quiet....then of course comet starts barking at a leaf....and there goes the quiet!

the ice and snow remain.....still haven't cleaned off the sidewalk....oh well....perhaps it will melt before spring! if not....there's always summer!

i will add a few more photos of the redo! Happy Holidays to All!

i love my life!

Hey Cindy......here's your frap bottle!!

cindy......worked like a dog today....and made this little bottle for you! certainly hope you like it! i'll mail it out on saturday!

made some cards today...and played with making a album for mr. butt for christmas....it's from the rusty pickle cku-album class....story of us! i just hope i can get it done in time! next wednesday is his birthday...and also the anniversary of my dad's death....it will be a quiet day...just the two of us.

yesterday on my way to work i noticed some of the wild turkeys that roam around my home! i have seen them a lot over the past few years....however i have never seen a Tom with his tail feathers all spread out! it was a beautiful sight....all the girl turkeys were just walking around him....like he was a king or something~ just spectacular!!!

i love my life!
kathy

pouting.....have to return to the "plant" on monday

well....it was bound to happen....run out of money....and have to return to work! actually i'm feeling much better and will go to work on monday...only going to work 4-5 hours per day to start...gotta ease back in slowly! my luck there will be some rather large man that has his shoulder repaired and won't be able to stand without me helping him.....then i'll end up hurting myself....oh....i love my life!!

holy smokes...i can't believe how bad i am about keeping up with this here blog! didn't realize it would take some of my valuable time....yeah right....like i'm doing anything constructive other than watching reruns of Law&Order....or sitting on my butt and watching mr. butt install a ceramic tile floor in our master bath! Wow....that boy can work...and it looks beautiful.....have to wait until tomorrow to grout? it!.....i'll sit back and watch that too!!! hopefully when that is done...i can start to decorate! i bought bed linens off ebay....for a mere $51....got the king size duvet cover, skirt, shams and 3 dec pillows!!! also bought some lime green throw pillows for the bed! now....i just need to wait for the wall words i ordered to come ...then i can hang the photos above the bed!....yep....bought the words on ebay too.....and they will go right above our bed...and say....ALWAYS KISS ME GOODNIGHT" can't wait to see them! i will post some photos when it's done...will probably take another week or so!

okay....cindy....where the heck are ya??? here's the photos of the frap bottles.. they still need the candy put in them...also the clock i made for my girlfriends! i made 3 of them...pretty much all the same....that way no-one can fuss that her's isn't as nice as the others!!

well....feel like i should take a little snooze.....well....really i should stay up and just go to bed like normal folks....course i'm anything but normal!
so....hopefully i will keep up with my little friend...my blog!

kathy
i love my life

post surgery.....looking at scrap stuff

yep....this is me.....2 weeks after surgery.....sitting in the dining room floor....looking at my stuff from Creative Escape....and wanting to play with it....however.....just no strength! and guess what.....i'm still looking at it!!

oh well.......

i love my life!!!

4 weeks and feeling better

hello to all!! wow....it's been 4 weeks since i posted.....

i returned home from arizona....creative escape and less than 18 hours later i had life altering surgery. yep.....total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salping-oopherectomy.....! say that after having a few cocktails!!......anyway.....my ob-gyn girlfriend and the oncologist thought that i had ovarian cancer.....the tumor was the size of a very large orange.....however the pathology report was negative!!!
thank god for that! rex was on the phone to all the family and friends...and then he posted online for all the girls from CE.....so they would know what was happening!! needless to say....he was a happy camper!!!

so....here it is 4 weeks later....and i'm still having trouble going all day! damn...i would have thought i would bounce back faster than i have.... after about 8 hours....i need a nap... i have gone shopping a few times in the last week with my best friend....and she can always tell when i'm tired or hurting.....and she rushes me home! what a sweetie she is!!! she is taking me on a scrapbook retreat next weekend....and i'm sure i'll be well cared for! i won't have to worry about lifting heavy things....or anything like that!

i haven't gotten much done in these few weeks....a few cards from the PolkaDot Chicks....still waiting on some paper to go with these...also waiting for my die hard kit from them.....and want to work on some photos from CE....perhaps next weekend i can do that!

mr. butt has been busy painting the second story of the house! we finished the study.....stadium red walls....black furniture....turned out totally cool!! we found this super contemporary chair for the room....it's black, tomato and orange!! looks so good!!! and he finished the guest bath! we just need a few accessories for the room.....then it's off to erin's old room.....it will now be the guest room.....we picked out a color called caramel orange.....looks really great...rusty.....hope to find some bed linens to work with it!

then......the big change.....we are going with chocolate brown and lime green for our bedroom! we went last night and bought new furniture......i bid on a spa bedroom comforter set on ebay....white with chocolate and won it! the whole king set for $51....can't beat that with a stick!!! once we are done...i'll post a few photos of the transformation!! then....have to wait until after the cruise to costa rica to get the hardwood floors upstairs.......a girl just can't have everything!!

it's getting late....almost 1130pm.....trying to stay awake....erin and mike are enroute to california.....taking a little weekend trip....going to Napa valley tomorrow.....she told me today that this will be her first trip to a winery....and she starts at the top.....will be hard to settle for augusta or herman after that! they are going to alcatraz... & san francisco with mike's friends.....i hope they have a fabulous time......when they return on sunday...they have a five hour layover in minneapolis....and will have dinner with dani....erin's best friend from college!

still receiving some cards in the mail from girls i meant while in arizona....can't believe how lucky i am! everyone is just wonderful!

i love my life!!!

cut off my hair......not so blonde anymore!

thought i'd give cricket, shari, kath and carol a quick peek.....so they will know who to look for......otherwise.....they may miss me......then i'd be just wandering around in the phoenix airport.....probably get hauled off by security.....frisked.........oh wait.....maybe i don't want the girls to recognize me!! nope.....gotta get started on the fun!!

still love my life,
kathy